Experiment: How well do you understand Catalan?

[stella121973]

Hola,

comprendo casi tot, pero no tot, està alguna paraules que no comprend bé.

Hablo italiano y francés.busco sobre internet (gratis)los primeros passo por apprender este lindo idioma: el català,ne conoces uno?

Hasta pronto(por resonder graciés de hacerlo sobre youtube)

[Markinhoo2012]

entendi como um 95% da conversação, e eu nunca antes tinha ouvido este idioma... Acho esta linguá é legal e tentarei de aprende-la.

[horseet2]

d'on ets de catalunya? Pero hi ha un gran problema la majoria d'espanyols o castellans no aprenen ni s'asforcen a parlar català en canvi casi tots els catalans si parlem castella(espanyol).

[DavidHTheNetherlands]

I'm Dutch and I don't really know what you say. I only understand Catala.

[vaan9292]

Capisco perfettamente la prima parte, un poco meno la seconda, però sono italo-canadese e parlo francese e italiano, quindi è più facile per me capire il catalano. Bellissima lingua.

I totally understand the first part, a bit more the second part, but I'm italian canadian and I speak french and italian, so it's easier for me to understand catalan. Beautiful language.

[OscarP282]

@vaan9292 I am glad you like Catalan :-)

[alvaroemilio1503]

Creo que entiendo el 95% pero sera por que paso mucho tiempo por cataluña y quiera o no lo he acabado entendiendo jaja

Buen video!

[OscarP282]

@lovebacup Diguem que jugues amb avantatge ;-)

[asianoutcast87]

ahhhh. Estás hablando muy rapido!!! T_T Puedo entender como 90% de lo que dices.

[OscarP282]

@asianoutcast87 ¡Pues un 90% está muy bien!

[OscarP282]

@asianoutcast87 ¿Eres de Asia? Porque si es así te felicito por entender el 90% del catalán. Supongo que lo debiste encontrar muy difícil al principio.

[asianoutcast87]

@OscarP282

No, soy chino peruano. 

[chucheto12312]

si puedes hacer un video ablando en espanol y catalan para ver como son de similares porfavor

[OscarP282]

@chucheto12312 puedes compararlos escuchando un vídeo mío en español

[genTVD]

ho he entès perfectament però em sembla que no te merit sent catalana, o igual si perquè molts espanyols no saben Català, petons i abraçades i segueix difundint el català!!

[Reazzurro90]

I speak Italian. It's extremely similar, I can understand a great deal, it's just that you're speaking a bit fast so it's hard to process everything at once.

I could definitely easily understand a text though.

[OscarP282]

@Reazzurro90 The same thing happens to me with Italian. I find it quite easy to understand if the speaker talks not very fast.

[rafayealmeida]

@OscarP282

I speak Epanish and English fluently. I can slightly understand Catalan, but there's a lot of words that differ from the Spanish language and that makes me lose track of what you're saying.

[OscarP282]

@rafayealmeida Well, with a little effort learning some Catalan I think you could understand the most part.

[Auus47]

(starting at 4.00) or habitually done you speak with a person you remember to make a change for that person. Well Interesting Linguistics but that comes from today, I believe that is enough and you all can comment explaining a little about listening to Catala. See you all another time. Goodbye.

Que Pensi El meu amic?

[OscarP282]

@Auus47 Congratulations! It seems that you can understand very well Catalan :-) Now you can read, write and speak to complete your formation in Catalan :-)

[Auus47]

(starting 3.08)Normally Castilian(Castella) is spoken more by a great majority of the people, but a large number can understand it, Catalan. With the exception of new immigrants who don't understand Catalan. Not everyone speaks Catalan. Alot of people (gent) speak it but not everybody.Its also curious because sometimes you associate speaking Castella or Catala to a person . And you always remember if this person speaks Catala and go the same for Castella. its habit-like

[Auus47]

(starting from2.27) the situation of Catalonia is most times you dont know which language Idioma (same between Castilian and Catalan) to use. Which llengua (catalan word) to use. Agree? Asking the time. or Asking for an address. If you ask in Castilian people usually change and talk to you (converse you) in that same llanguage. This is a very interesting thing because, of course you never know too well with new people if they want to use one language or the other.

[Auus47]

right now I'm speaking Catalan- abans- Earlier I was speaking English. The idea is to see if you can try to understand as much as possible what I saying in Catalan. Agree?

I'm just speaking nothing planned-so I will talk a little over the linguistics of Catalonia, which is a place, it's official Castilian and Catalan, and we can use distinct Castella or Catala without problem, also there are people who do a little bit of Spanish and dont want to chat in Catalan.

[psblove]

Hi Oscar I've been listening to a lot of Catalan music. I understood about 70% or more I speak spanish that helps a lot. thanks great video.

[OscarP282]

@psblove Thanks! Listening to the language you are learning is great for improving :-) If you check out my channel, you'll see new videos (about set phrases, and other stuff).

[iswearenglish]

I'm English, pero como hablo castella et français. I understand you pretty well.

[OscarP282]

@iswearenglish Gracias por ver mi vídeo :-) Por cierto, tus vídeos de tu canal parecen bastante interesantes :-)

[seustaceRotterdam]

I have been on google and wikipedia a lot, even enough to know that Catalan is spoken in Alghero, Sardegna! I already speak French, Italian, English and Dutch and can scrape by in Spanish

[seustaceRotterdam]

Here is my "translation" with dots where I dont understand:

The idea is to speak Catalan and for you to try to understand as much as possible........ Catalan and Castellano are both officially used in Catalunya.... Note everyone speaks Catalan, it is a problem for immigrants who learn Spanish.... Welcome (Benvenguts!)

[OscarP282]

@seustaceRotterdam Not bad! :-) Thanks for your comment!

[alkantre]

Tambe m'agrada molt ascoltar el catala. Puc entendre mes o mens 96% del catala en aquest video. Tinc mes o mens 3 annys leyendo llibres en la llengua. El meu problem en catala es basicment el mateix que tinc en italiano i portugues; puc comprender una gran parte de lo que la gente dice, pero eu mateix mezclo aquestes lengues romances terriblement amb el castela. Crec que despres de un anny dins el paiso, no tindria aquest problem. Escribo ahora sense diccionario, doncs espero que sejan fatal.

[ihcahieh]

Oh this is freaky. Why do I understand you? I mean not everything, but the gist. It's like hearing the TV switched on to TVE, TV5 Monde and Rai Italia all at the same time!!!

[alkantre]

@ihcahieh I have this sensation when I'm reading in Catalan--I means its sort of like having a text in front of me in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian and even Latin all overlapping in a sort of weird overlaping palimpsest.

[loki2504]

Credo que puedo entender 50% hast 60% de lo que dices. Gracias por subirlo !

[duodat]

As far as written Catalan is concerned I understand almost 85% of the whole text.:)

[qzchris]

Very interesting video! It sounds so familiar, like Spanish with a slightly different lilt to it and thus slightly more obscure and difficult to penetrate. For me, it's a little like trying to look at a distant object without my glasses on. Usually I can make it out, but it's slightly fuzzier than it normally would be!

[Torbyrne]

M'agrada molt ascoltar el català. El tema de bilingüisme a Cataluyna es interessant.  Penso que tenim el mateix problem també amb l'anglès i el gal•lès. Per començar tinc que dir unes paraules en la llengua abans de continuar en aquesta llengua o canviar i parlar anglés.

[OscarP282]

@Torbyrne Gràcies pel comentari. El teu català és força bo!!! Sobre el tema del vídeo, suposo que en totes les regions on hi ha bilingüisme, poden haber situacions "estranyes", com són per exemple escollir sempre en quina llengua parlarem.

[OscarP282]

@Torbyrne Per cert, normalment els vídeos els faig de la seguent forma: Escullo un tema i parlo sobre ell sense preparar-m'ho molt. M'agrada més improvitzar i parlar amb expressions més naturals. Ho faig així, perquè, apart de ser més divertit, hi ha gent que utilitza els meus vídeos per practicar el seu català o castellà. Llavors sota el meu punt de vista crec que és millor oferir un "discurs" més natural, encara que em quedi menys acadèmic o intelectual.

[ABOUJAD123]

Nunca he estudiado el catalán pero ya hablo francés y español. Creo haber entendido alrededor de 50-60% de las palabras, pero era bastante para seguir tu discurso y comprender casi todo del sentido global de lo que dijiste.

[coolsteven2]

i understood like 60%~75%. I get the overall, but not the specific words. You used d'accord :o. Thank god for French haha.

[kelliwisethebrave]

Wow, what a great experiment! I think that I understood 80-90%. I speak French and Spanish and I have studied Catalan a little. I want to study it more because I understand it and with more effort I know I could improve and start speaking beyond 'Estudii català' and 'Saps parlar català?' :]

[duodat]

I could understand 50-60% of what you said. I like listening to Catalan because it sounds a bit differently than other Romance languages but at the same time they're all so similar.